I seem to have gotten over my craving for travel, for the time being anyway. I guess I’ve only been home for a week or so, but I consider it a good sign that I’ve unpacked my suitcase and put my stuff away. It’s healthy anyway.
My attention has turned towards home renovations. There are a couple of things I want to do. First of all, I want to add some more lighting to the bathroom. The lighting kind of sucks in there, especially for people needing to do makeup for photo shoots. There’s only a minimal light above the mirror, with only one small lightbulb in it. I would like to replace it with a daylight-balanced light for accurate color, but I’ll probably end up settling for a decent fixture with two or three bulbs. I’d also like to add some more recessed halogen lighting in the ceiling. There’s one nice halogen light above the laundry machines, but there should be at least one or two more inside the washroom. I can replace the light above the mirror myself, but I’m a bit chicken about adding the halogen lights. I might hire someone to take care of that for me. I wish I knew a good electrician who isn’t going to rip me off.
The other thing I want to do is to tile my window sills. They’re pretty big, and right now they’re made of drywall stuff and painted like the walls. The problem is that water gets on them and the paint gets damaged. Tiles would be so cool. I am probably going to buy a bunch of tiles and smash them, then make a mosaic of some kind. The guy at the hardware store gave me some tips and a brochure about how to do it. I can’t wait to try this out, but I need a bit of inspiration too…
That’s a really pretty window yo. I’m surprised you haven’t used it for portraits yet. 🙂
and home renovation is a totaly different state of mind than travel planning. it’s cool how that balances out in your head 😛
i dunno, i wouldn’t go for smashed tile. its very unzen. unless its different – in that case tell me how!
and hesi’s right, the windows awesome.
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Here’s what I was thinking after reading Olya’s comment for the window. Get a box made exactly the same size as the windows. Actually, make it so the inside of the box is the same dimensions as the windowsill. Then, fill it up with sand, and get a hand rake to make your own personal zen garden. Now, if you make the box deep enough, you will be able to pour some kind of molding material over the sand that has been raked. Let that ‘stuff’ dry, then paint it with a water resistant paint with sand in it. Perfectly preserved zen garden that you never have to constantly rake!
I know [Peter] a man [Peter] who knows electricity [Peter] and this man [Peter] has a family that he [Peter] may want a family [Peter] portrait with — as a trade-off. Just a thought [Peter].
😮 kim! i am such a dummy not to have thought of peter for this!
manyk, the raking is what is zen about a zen garden! 😛